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Gleanings of freedom

by Grivno, Max L.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: The working class in American history Published by : University of Illinois Press, (Urbana :) Physical details: xiii, 269 p. : ill., map.
Subject(s): Slave labor -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century. | Slavery -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century. | Freedmen -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century. | Agricultural laborers -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century. | Mason-Dixon Line. | Electronic books.
Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1803 -- "The land flows with milk and honey" : agriculture and labor in the early republic -- "A strange reverse of fortune" : panic, depression, and the transformation of labor -- "There are objections to black and white, but one must be chosen" : managing farms and farmhands in antebellum Maryland -- " -- how much of oursels we owned" : finding freedom along the Mason-Dixon Line -- "Chased out on the slippery ice" : rural wage laborers in antebellum Maryland -- Conclusion : Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1862.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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